March 2, 2022
Ball State University Accepting Proposals for Community Engagement for the Arts Grant
Ball State University’s Office of Community Engagement is now accepting proposals for its Community Engagement for the Arts Grant. This annual competitive grant program provides funding up to $35,000 to an East Central Indiana community…
November 30, 2021
Marion Health announces new campus
Marion Health is excited to announce the development of a new innovation and medical campus in southeastern Grant County. The master site development plan will comprise of approximately 100 acres in the northeast corner of…
November 22, 2021
Riverside Jackson Trail Project To Begin In 2022
Delaware Advancement Corporation, City of Muncie, and Muncie Sanitary District have awarded three individual contracts to E&B Paving, 3D Construction, and DC Construction Services to install a pedestrian trail, repave Riverside Avenue, and reconstruct the…
November 17, 2021
Diamond Pet Foods Bringing 170 New Jobs to Rushville
Diamond Pet Foods, a leading manufacturer of quality pet foods, announced today that it plans to build a new manufacturing facility and has selected the city of Rushville, Indiana, as its preferred location. The plant…
October 8, 2021
City of Rushville Awarded a 2021 Aim Community Placemaking Award
Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (Aim) announced Rushville has earned an Aim Community Placemaking Award for their development of the Overlook at Riverside Park. The city was honored with this award on October 6 during the Annual…
October 6, 2021
Hill’s Pet Nutrition Invests $17.5 Million and Plans to Create 64 Jobs at Richmond Plant
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a large-scale producer of nutrition for companion animals and a division of Colgate-Palmolive, is investing $17.5 million to expand production capacity at their location at 2325 Union Pike in Richmond. The company…
August 26, 2021
East Central Indiana receives over 150 project ideas for state grant application
The East Central Indiana Regional Partnership (ECIRP), in partnership with local governments, economic development organizations and anchor institutions, is in the process of preparing a Regional Development Plan. This regional planning process, which includes Blackford,…
August 5, 2021
East Central Indiana Ignites Community Aid
East Central Indiana is a great place to live, work, visit, and pursue higher education. Not only is the region full of many opportunities and amenities, but it also offers a vast variety of charities…
July 13, 2021
Calling All Wine/Craft Beer Enthusiasts
Are you an enthusiast for wine and beer? East Central Indiana is home to many local breweries and wineries. Whether you’re a craft brew drinker or a wine sipper, be sure to explore all that…